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ESTABLISHED 1859 YOL XYI OBERLIJS LORAM CO 0 THURSDAY OCTOBER 21 1875 KEW SERIES YOL II NO 46 LORAIN COUNTY Letters from XeW3 special correspondents County Seat Elyria Oot ISth 1S75 K F Hovle of the firm of Hoyle Bros has just returned from the East where he has been buying groceries etc N L Johnson Esq received a bruise upon the nose and elsewhere by falling down the stairs at his office a week ago last Saturday It was just before election J J Mungaven proprietor of the Mungaven House received a nice silver pitcher and goblets as a present from the Cornet Band boys one evening last week A railroad accident occurred at the crossing of the two railroads in Elyria last Saturday The freight train on the T V road was cut in two to let a freight train on the L S road pass While the L S train was passing the crossing the hind part of the T V train not having any brakeman on it ran against the other train as it was passing the crossing and did considerable damage to the cars No one was hurt Lorain county gave Hayes a majority of 2670 Elyria township cast 093 votes being S2 votes more than was ever cast here before giving Hayes a majority of 457 Last Thursday morning a trampentered the house ot Mrs Sawyer went up stairs and stole a suit of clothes He was arrested on the same day by Charles Myers constable and taken before J Myers J P where he owned the corn and was committed to jail to await the sitting of the Grand Jury While Mr W Webster was loading his wagon in the rear of Brushs store near the depot his team became frightened and ran away Considerable injury was done to horses and wagon The team finally brought up on the railroad track near the east bridge Geo E Brownell has purchased a fast trotting stallion St Lawrence Heproposes keeping it in the county nextseason George knows what a good horse is H A Fisher of the Republican who has been sick for several days is able to be at his office this morning Some of the ladies of the town are now getting up a lecture course We are informed that they now have thepromise of several of tne best lecturers of the country The course is to consist of six lectures and a concert We will give the course as soon as all the lecturers areengaged The ladies are now going around to sell season tickets and every one should be ready to buy and aid in getting up the course and raising lunds Afirstclass course may be expected Last Friday the Sheriff learned that the jail birds were trying to cut their way out and escape On examination it was found that three bars of iron had been cut nearly off and the places coveredwith grease and dirt to avoid discovery A large jackknife was the only thing that could be found with which this work could be done This knife had beenconverted into a saw by nicking it A large number of criminals are now in jail many of whom are charged withpenitentiary offences The Sheriff has placed a night watch over them and says heproposes to have them all here for trial at the sitting of court It is proper to say in this connection that by the efficient manner in which Mr Braman hasattended to his official duties no prisoner has escaped from his custody since he has been Sheriff a period of nearly three years Reefy s Constitution rooster came out and crowed after the receipt of the bogus dispatch that Allen was elected That crow was his last It will take more than a crowiDg cock to awake Allen from that long political sleep upon which he has now entered Poor old Bill has gone to resi Catholics did the deed Now he must go before the Pope And there for mercy plead Browiiheliii Oct io t he first hard freeze of the season was last Tuesday night when to ciake up for slighting us so long Jack Frost made himself felt as well as seen freezing water to over one half inch in depth blackening vines and robbing llowers of their beauty We have our private opinion that Mr Frost is aDemocrat and took that way of being revenged ou th result ot the election But Mrs Moon with pleasant face and beaming mile by the way her politicaltendencies are decidedly Kepublican although not allowed to vote looked down on a goodly number of friends and neighbors gathered at the residence of Mr Edwin Bacon and wife to celebrate the fiftieth nniversary of their marriage A good variety of presents mostly of glass was received I cannot enumerate all but will mention one or two An elegant silver castor attracted ourattention also a suspicious looking bottlelabelled shake well and use freely aud a lantern labeled to be used on dark and rainy nights also a package of Crystal Polish to brighten up the whole andnumerous other things I will just say that the evening passed pleasantly amidmusic social jest and feasting The ladies f this place have not been idle of late but assisted by the gentlemen have purchased a cook stove and furniture to be lelt as fixtures in the parsonage for the use of all future occupants Our present minister Rev Mr Blackesly and wife are expect ed to occupy It in a few days probably before this communication is received Rochester Oct 13 In our country during the present decennary if a city incurs a loss of property through the agency of the natural elements the almost universal se quence is a better appearance and a more substantial condition than was beforepresented And our little town though she has not the audacity to lay claim to the title city yet illustrates to a certaindegree the characteristic enterprise ofAmerican people in this particular Last spring Rochester was visited by a tornado which though of brief dura tion left destruction in its pathway Roofs were seperated and hurled hither and thither residences were moved from their foundations barns werj raised and miles of fences were prostrated the rails and boards scattered in every direction about the place Now the old roofs are replaced by new ones ouj residences are repaired and repainted new barns have been erected new fences constructed and everything indicates a moreprosperous state of affairs than existed before Mr A Jones so long known through out our community as a man of sterling integrity and business tact having be come the proprietor of the American House of Cleveland disposed of his mer cantile interests in this place several weeks ago to J B Garrison Son Both parties of the new firm are wellknown and trustworthy citizens and under their supervision the store will maintain the same enviable reputation that it hassustained in the past Mr John Davis soninlaw of Chaun cey Armstrong of Rochester hasrecently removed to this place fromWinchester Ind having been persuaded toreliguish business there by the betteradaptation of our climate to the delicate state of his wifes health He has opened a harness shop here and we bespeak for him the abundant patronage which his superior workmanship merits Last Saturday evening a political meet ing under the auspices of the Democratic party The audience room was well filled with attentive listeners of different po itical opinions to which Mr Wadsworth of Wellington explained the beauty of the principles of one paaty and theugliness of the fundamental tenets of the other Yesterday the election passed off quiet ly A full vote was polled with a Re publican majority of sixty Oct 16 Last Wednesday Rochester was well represented at the Greenwich Fair quite a large number of our people being in attendance Several of our towrsnien exhibitors at the fair xand a number of first premiums were taken away by them Mr James Horton took first premium on several horses Charles Daghan carried off several first premiums and the sweepstakes on poultry and E E Banning took the red cardon his patent wagon jack and fence lifter an instrument of great utilitS Other premiums were given to Rochesterians but we have not time to enumerate them On the counter of Garrison Son there might have been seen a few days since a mammoth potato grown by Mr Sidney Mitchell of this place It was of thevariety called the AVhite Peachblow and weighed two pounds and two andonehalf ounces We notice that our worthy postmaster has been making material improvements on the postoffice During the present year oar town mani fests an irristable tendency to affliction with mania Now the epididemicmental aberration presents one phase now another For the last few months until very recently the supreme attention of our people has been directed to the per fection of their skill in wielding thecroquet mallet both on the lawn and in the parlor tlnsatisfied with the appropria tion Of a large portion of the day to the fascinating game their ardor often led them to prolong the amusement with the aid of lighted lamps and torches far into the night Now a new form ofintellectual alienation has slezedupon our young people Station yourself at the west side of the park in the earlier part of any bright sunny afternoon and you will notice small parties of ladies andgentlemen passing out of town en route for the woods from which they do not return until Old Sol approaches his resting place in the western horizen The professed object which these excursionists to the forests have in view is the procuring ot hickorynuts and autumn leaves and this is probably the veritable one as far as the ladies are concerned But the fact that the gentlemen at their return bestow their share of the afternoons acquisitions upon the lady members of the companies create the impression probably a true one that these expeditions would possess few charms for them had they not the companionship of the fair sex IIuntingtOH Oct 10 After three impressive visits from Jack Frost a rain set in followed by a snow storm today giving us a slight foretaste of the days that are to come Farmers have been unusually busy this fall Here as as elsewhere potatoes yielded enormously For example from one stalk there were counted sixtyseven potatoes with regard to size we are not able to say not being an eye witness Election passed quietly From the number of votes polled we should judge that Democrats and Republicans were fully awake to the importance of the pending issue Republican majority 93 The schoolhouse in District No 3 has been undergoing thorough repair and the general appearance of house and grounds much improved by the neat new fence surrounding it Scarlet fever is again in our midst This time it lias entered the family of Mr Chas Bailey After a few days ofsuffering Freddy the youngest sevenyears of age died The only daughter Laura i3 now very low no hopes af her recovery is entertained The oldest son is also very ill with the same disease The hoises in this vicinity are having the epizootic which prevails to aconsiderable extent Fish white and other kinds seem to be abundant just now Scarcely a day passes without one or more wagon loads going through town and some are only too glad to dispose of them at any price Mr Edward West who was called to Kansas by the death of his brotherreturned home last Thursday Through him we have ascertained that the death of Mr Turner West was without doubt occasioned by a fall from the effects of which he seemed to be recovering when he was again prostrated and died in a few hours The injury is supposed to have been internal beyond the reach of human skill Mr West was one of the earliest settlers of this township He came to this place in 183S and continued to reside here until two years ago last spring when with his wife and youngest son he went to Burlingame Kan to stay for an indefinite timevith the eldest son whose home is in that place It was hisintention we are informed to come with his family to his old home this winter here to remain But man proposes Goddisposes and only the body of our friend will be brought back to be laid by the side of others gone before The M E S S will hold its session immediately after morning service during the winter The usual class meeting at that hour having to be dispensed with Services at 10 30 a in and at 7 p m On account of the scarlet fever the Center school will be closed until further notice Yesterday morning Laura only daugh ter of Chas and Josephine Bailey passed away aged eleven years Funeralservices will be attended at the home this Monday noon Huntington Died in Huntington Sept 10th 1875 after and Illness ot only a few days Mr Whitney Clark Again has death taken another of our old and valued citizens One by one the old settlers are leaving us and soon there will none remain Whitney Clark or more familiarly known as Square Clark was born in Holiston Mass but in his early youth he removed with his father to Becket Mass where he remained until 1833 when he came to Huntsngton Ohio and purchased a farm one mile north of the center where he lived and died Mr Clark was twice married his first wife was Miss Minerva Austin with whom he lived eighteen years She died in 1853 leaving no children In 1855 he was again united in marriage to Miss Susan Penaeld of Penfield Ohio with whom he lived 20 years and who with four children lives to mourn his loss Mr Clark united with the Baptist Church here ii 1838 and has ever been one of its most prominent members ever ready to give of his means for any good work He was an every day Christian both at home and abroad and his loss will be felt not only in his home made deso late by his death but in the church and the whole town His luneral was largely attended by his friends and neighbors who met to show the last tribute f re spect to one who was so loved andrespected News has been received here of the death of Mr Turner West who has been a resident of Huntington until within a few years He died in Burlingame Kan where he was living at present but he expected to return to Huntington some time this fall We have not learned the particulars of his death The Union Sabbath School concert was held Iast evening Oct 10th at theBaptist Church and was very interestingindeed Lorain Oct 18 Fall weather has set in with an earnestness that cannot but wain us of the approacning winter Lake Erie has been very turbulent for the last ten days and mishaps anddisasters are beeoming quite common There is some anxiety being felt for the safety of the schooner Three Brothers owned at this place and commanded by Capt Porter She left Chicago on the Sth and has not been heard from since although vessels that left at the same time made the run to Buffalo in five and six days Freights are still very low There hasnt been any move in coal for two weeks making our docks look quite deserted Election passed off very quietly but very earnestly resulting in the polling of the largest vote ever cast here Hon James Monroe in his speech the Monday evening before election convinced anumber of disaffected Democrats that inflation was a fallacy and ruinous to business and the general prosperity of our country He also dwelled at length upon oursystem of public schools and pressed his hearers to be watchful and guarded against any innovations of the system He did immense good here The prospective shoe store and tailor shop spoken of in my last are now real ities Our merchants have adopted the cash system of doing business and men that are paid monthly are experiencing con siderable inconvenience by reason of it I am informed that a gentleman Tom Clyde is about to erect an extensive flour ing mill here The Messrs Staighis have built an ad dition to their planning mill for thepurpose of putting tworun of stone and soon we will manufacture our own flour Columbia We had a grand lime at our Sunday School Institute A good attendance good feeling free inquiry Weunderstand Gods precious Word better byreason of that meeting The sermons by Dr Behrends and G O King weresplendid A perfect feast of fat things We anticipate holding them quarterly as an association The Republicans held a mass meeting here on Wednesday evening the Cth the Democrats said was a failure So it goes Today will tell There is just one thing that will save either party Do right be right vote right Sabbath was a sad day to us all The funeral services of Mrs AbbieHarmington wife of Mr Walla Harmingtoiv who died Thursday evening at nine oclock age 34 years and fnur months She left a husband andfour children to mourn her losss They deeply feel it and how touching and sad is the sight of amotherless home How hard and severe the blow to him and his May God sustain and bless him and may he feel the force of the 25d Psalm the first and fourthverses which she selected as her textSermon by Rev S Earley Rev Mr Jones the new pastor of the M E Church as sisting Mr Jones preached a very able and in structive discourse on What think ye of Christ on Sunday evening in theBaptist Church Our noble town has been swept and varnished and put in readiness forelectior but after getting it swept and fitted and looking at it we think its unfit for a pigsty let alone a town hall But we hope there is a better time coming Sheffield Oct 16 The election with its atten dant excitement is past and so far as this township is concerned we have no reason to be ashamed of what was done on that day The voters were out in full force on both sides but the Republicans came out ahead with a majority of thirty an increase of fifteen over last years vote We are of course glad that our ticket was elected should have liked to have seen a larger majority but even so much is better than defeat On Thursday Mr Geo J Webster was ordained to the work of the ministry by a council called for that purpose The ex amination was held in the morning and in the afternoon the other exercises as follows Reading Scriptures and Prayer bj Rev Geo Clark of Oberlin Sermon by Rev H B Fry of Claridon Ordaining Prayer by Prof H Mead RightHand of Fellowship by Rev Ja6 Brand Charge to Candidate Rev Mr Williams of Elyria Benediction by Pastor Married on the same day Oct 14th by Pres Jas H Fairchild of Oberlin at the residence ot tne Dnaes parents jur Hiram Disbrow of Atlantic Iowa to Miss Marietta Day of Sheffield Ohio May all the happiness that God thinks is best for them be theirs through life Henrietta A most terrible thing happened here one day last week A gun stationed at the center of our town on being fired at our local kicked breech and hurt the one that fired it more than it did the one at whom it was aimed Had the missile hit us with as much force as was intended it would undoubtedly have killed us but as it was we were only considable stuck up like4 The poor unfortunate gunner was alive at last accounts and should he survive we hope he will be able to say of himself as did the young man kicked by a horse who in relating the circum stance said he was knocked sensible To palliate the wrong most innocently done his cornfield we give him a remedy for corns lest he may have them on his toes from whatever cause Take equal parts of soft soap and sugar mix well and apply to the afflicted part This is a specific remedy and never fails Oh v d some power the giftie gieus To see oursels as ithers see us Official Prolate Court L B SMITH JUDGE Will of Peter Zimmer admitted toProbate 7 Vvp nf Rlvril imnnintorl Admr of estate of Theresa Hartman deceased late oi jNortn Amnerst Fredrica Beesing declared insane and flonltirprl o fit cnhiir frr Fraqhiiunr ill thfi Northern Ohio Hospital for the Insane William Kaven aged 12 yearscommitted to Reform Farm for petitlarcenyJose A Varona Y Tells native of Cuba Henry F Smith and Thomas Craliannatives of Ireland naturalized Will of Whitney Clark admitted toProbate Will of Horace Sanders late ofLaGrange admitted to Probate Alvira Rosa Holcomb aged 6 years adopted oy Charles and Emeline M McClellen John A Chapman appointed guardian of Ada and Whitney Clark Susan Clark appointed sole executrix of will and estate of Whitney Clark deceased The State of Ohio vs Antone Rachart Peter Budinger asked to be released from the bond ot said deft for his appearance at Common Pleas Court to answer to petit larceny Said surety released anddetendant ordered to enter into new bonds Will of Wm Coffin admitted to Probate NATURALIZED Geo S Davis native of Walts Victor Vogth native of Switzerland Ferdinand Schadt Geo Dachler Henry Rohrbach John B Pleas natives of Germany Wm Walton Francis Smith Caleb Buswpll John Lantsberry natives of England Richard Murphy Michael Cummins Patrick Luskv Thomas Enright natives of Ireland Joseph E Collester appointed Admr bonis non with will annpxed of estate of Lydia Snyder deceased Fl 1 75 Vlptli TnvLp annAintflrl 4 rtmr r estate of Augustus Burke deceased late of Black River Lonmis Whifnn v Wm Ppmhpr plfll sale of real estate confirmed by Court Henrv Wasrner adonted bv Philo and Jennie Tilden County Statistics The abstract of the duplicate ot taxes and valuations in Lorain county just placed in the hands of the Treasurer is as follows Valuation of lands not in villages 9126118 Valuation of lands in villages 2226018 Valuation of Personality 1081285 Total valuations 18434021 The taxation for the several purposes is as follows Sinking Fund 14747 57 General Revenue Fund 7373 67 Asvluin Fund 16 590 63 State School Fund 18434 03 Total State Taxes 57145 60 Countv Fund 18434 01 Poor Fund S21T 02 Bridye Fund 1S434 01 Building Fund 9217 00 Road Fund 6325 76 Township Fund 7592 8S Local School Fund 80812 71 Special Fund 5910 70 Corporation Fund 26017 21 Delinquent Taves from Dup of 74 1686 44 Total amount of duplicate 240793 34 The taxes levied in the incorporated villages of the county are as follows North Amherst 7521 11 JUyria 41695 22 La Grange 3483 93 Lorain 0529 34 Oberlin 31903 85 Wellington 13110 94 Total 104460 39 This is fortythree per cent of the whole taxjiaid in the county Real Estate Transfers George Earthing to Mary A Ear thing 48 acres in lot JNo 09 in Tp of Eaton 1500 Oliver and Lucy A Wessell to E F Mattesonlot No ISO in Matteson s Addition Rawsonville 75 150 500 1150 500 320 100 9100 700 2000 500 5772 3000 2000 2400 4C0 100 1700 2500 5500 1500 500 2500 2200 5162 C50 E F and Hattle P Matteson to Wm Pate lot No 180 in Mattesons Addition Rawsonville Clarissa Bibbins to Selah G Wright G acres in Tp lot No 7b inOberlin R H and Henrietta B Penfield to Hannah C Collins lots Nos 13 and 11 in block No 22 inPenfields addition Elyria John and Ursula Knapp to Luther W Houghton 7 71100 acres in lot No 30 in Sec No 2 in Tp ofPenfield William and Ellen Pate to David Morgan lot No ISO in Mattesons addition Rawsonville Justus and Sarah W Brown toBoard of Education of Brighton Tp acre in lot east of Town Hall in Tp of Brighton Henry E Bartlett to Ezekiel and William Jigerton iui oiuu acres in lot No 51 80 acres in lot No 49 in Tp of Grafton Wm Wright to Adelia M Bede 65 acres in lot No 35 in lp ol Laton Geo W and Ettie A Steadman to Alonzo S Peabotly 11 56100 acres in lot No 02 in Tp of Henrietta Geo Lanaghan to Alfred Phipps 1 60100 acres in lot jno u in tne Brace Tract in Tp of Elyria Horace and Susan N Sanders to Alonzo S Peabody 73 acres in lot No 5S in Tp of Russia Daniel P and Correlia J L Reamer to Sarah E Peabody 35 acres in lot No C7 in Tp of Russia David and Sarah E Peabody to Martha Peabody land in lot No 48 in Tp of Russia W D and Lucinda Miner to Giltnan Young 40 acres in Tp ofWellington Rebecca and J P Brown to Sarah J McDufiie part of lot No 433 in block No S8 Elyria Gideon W and Charlotte J Tyler to Ruth A Chambers part ot lots Nos 4 and 76 in Oberlin Lucy A and Amisa II Thorp to Emily A Thorp VUiuu acres in Sec No 3 in Tp of Carlisle Elizabeth A Plimpton to Gilber Hogan lots Nos 6 to 9 in block No 4 in Brownells addition in Lo rain Charles and Jane E Ruprecht to The Ohio Lubricating OilCompany undivided Interest in 84 acres in lot No 44 Alexander and Minerva C Forbes to Henry W Aldrich lots Nos 106 and 107 in Oberlin Thomas and Elmira Gawn to S E Jones lots Nos 41 and 42 in Thos Gawns allotment in Lorain Isaac Penfield to Herbert APenfield part of lot No 1 in Morgan Block in Oberlin Horace Sanders to Delos Sanders 44 acres in lot No 81 in Tp of Pittsfield Joseph W and Mary A Metcalf to Delos Sanders 80 acres in lot No SI in Tp of Pittsfield C H and E K Doolittle to Louise S Kemp lot No 3 in Austinsaddition in Elyria James and Maria Crowley to Thos Kilfoyle SS acres in Tp ofGrafton Ashley S and Harriet Root to S A bpicer et a y acre3 in iot Xo 5S in lp of Grafton 6160 2500 iuLiiei aim tuary Johnson to William A Crittenden lots Nos 102 and 103 in La Grange l 000 Frederick and Catherine Entrop to Ransom E Braman i acre in lots Nos 30 and 37 east of river in Tp of Elyria 1550 Lewis and Benjamina B Wells to Adadatus Miller 9 2S100 acres in lots Nos 11 and 22 in Tp of Brownhelm 1200 T 41 M r HURON COUNTY ew IiOudon Oct 16 Speech is silver silence is gold Nevertheless after long silence we feel again moved to speech This morning cold winter is sprinklingfeathery saowflakes from his rrosty hair upon the damp and shivering earth Indian Summer has breathed not yet upon us its genial breath Oct 9th Willie McClellan a young aged about twenty years old committed suicide by taking stryeknine Medical aid was quickly summoned but the poison did its terriole work and his friends mourn The Union Fair at Greenwich called out a large crowd of our citizens on Thursday last Everybody was there with their family and friends There was a good show in every department The Vegetable Man Original Granger and Olebillallen were epitaphs too freely bestowed upon a singularpersonage that occupied one corner of Vegetable Hall It was constructed of beets hams a pumpkin some squashes pepperspotatoes and buckeyes and held In one hand a staff of maize with an ear hanging and it was shaded by an immense sunflower head set on a staff It createdconsiderable merriment On Wednesday the 13th a barnbelonging to John Laring and situated west of town on Fitchville street was burned with a stack of hay that stood near Cause of the fire is unknown LICKING COUNTY Newark O Oct 5th 1875 The Licking County Agricultural Fair was held at the grounds at Newark beginning Tuesday Oct Sth and ending on the following Saturday This county makes a good exhibition of stock and farm products Some of the short horn cattle were on exhibition at Columbus Fruits and vegetables were veryabundant and some of immense sizeespecially the pumpkins The other attractions of the fair were numerous among which could bementioned the feats of a Chinese juggler who contorted his body made wry faces and sold fans Newark may well be proud of her fair grounds But nature and themoundbuilders have accomplished more than the art of the present generation Thegreater part of the grounds is within what is called The Old Fort a relic of the moundbuilders It 13 in the form of a large jewaharp the entrance being at the neck The embankment which is about ten or twelve feet high encloses an area of about fifty acres The most peculiar feature of it is the ditch is on the inside of the fort and is said by the old settlers to be paved with a kind of brick andriver stones It is also said that they had the means of filling this ditch with water and turing it off at pleasure thus forming a protection against their enemies But a warrior of the nineteenth century would prefer the ditch on the outside of the fort where he could have the use of both water and embankment We would naturally conclude that either they did not know much about building forts or we do not know for what purpose they built the embankments There are many very large treesgrowing upon this mound some measuring from two to four feet and a half indiameter On the stump of a tree cut down perhaps a quarter of a century ago I counted three hundred consecutive cir cles Th f jcs probably grew up after the iort was abandoned and if this isthecase the mounds were built long before Columbus ever thought of diseovering America Licking County is rich in these relics of the moundbuilders and they will wtll repay the labors of the archaeologist who investigates them A society formed for this purpose met in Mansfield the first week of September In obedience to a call of a large number of the medical fraternity of Arkansas there was a mass convention of nil vsiidans yesterday at Little Rock for the purpose 01 organizing auutuei oiate jyieuicaiAssociation The following officers were elected Dr Ellis Byrd of Phillipscounty President Dr Dale of Texarkana Secretary Gov Tilden in a letter declining an in vitation to attend the Georgia State Fair wrote There can be no doubt but that much of the suffering which the people of this country havp 11 ndfirtrone during the past few years might have been avoided by a more frequent and iranK liitercnauga of views between the residents of different portions of our land and by a moredefinite knowledge of the condition and npprls rr nn rtnii iar States and itis snrli meetings as that to which I am invited tnat we are in large measure 10 iook lor the restoration and preservation of that fraternal spirit which is so essential to our common prosperity 1

ESTABLISHED 1859 YOL XYI OBERLIJS LORAM CO 0 THURSDAY OCTOBER 21 1875 KEW SERIES YOL II NO 46 LORAIN COUNTY Letters from XeW3 special correspondents County Seat Elyria Oot ISth 1S75 K F Hovle of the firm of Hoyle Bros has just returned from the East where he has been buying groceries etc N L Johnson Esq received a bruise upon the nose and elsewhere by falling down the stairs at his office a week ago last Saturday It was just before election J J Mungaven proprietor of the Mungaven House received a nice silver pitcher and goblets as a present from the Cornet Band boys one evening last week A railroad accident occurred at the crossing of the two railroads in Elyria last Saturday The freight train on the T V road was cut in two to let a freight train on the L S road pass While the L S train was passing the crossing the hind part of the T V train not having any brakeman on it ran against the other train as it was passing the crossing and did considerable damage to the cars No one was hurt Lorain county gave Hayes a majority of 2670 Elyria township cast 093 votes being S2 votes more than was ever cast here before giving Hayes a majority of 457 Last Thursday morning a trampentered the house ot Mrs Sawyer went up stairs and stole a suit of clothes He was arrested on the same day by Charles Myers constable and taken before J Myers J P where he owned the corn and was committed to jail to await the sitting of the Grand Jury While Mr W Webster was loading his wagon in the rear of Brushs store near the depot his team became frightened and ran away Considerable injury was done to horses and wagon The team finally brought up on the railroad track near the east bridge Geo E Brownell has purchased a fast trotting stallion St Lawrence Heproposes keeping it in the county nextseason George knows what a good horse is H A Fisher of the Republican who has been sick for several days is able to be at his office this morning Some of the ladies of the town are now getting up a lecture course We are informed that they now have thepromise of several of tne best lecturers of the country The course is to consist of six lectures and a concert We will give the course as soon as all the lecturers areengaged The ladies are now going around to sell season tickets and every one should be ready to buy and aid in getting up the course and raising lunds Afirstclass course may be expected Last Friday the Sheriff learned that the jail birds were trying to cut their way out and escape On examination it was found that three bars of iron had been cut nearly off and the places coveredwith grease and dirt to avoid discovery A large jackknife was the only thing that could be found with which this work could be done This knife had beenconverted into a saw by nicking it A large number of criminals are now in jail many of whom are charged withpenitentiary offences The Sheriff has placed a night watch over them and says heproposes to have them all here for trial at the sitting of court It is proper to say in this connection that by the efficient manner in which Mr Braman hasattended to his official duties no prisoner has escaped from his custody since he has been Sheriff a period of nearly three years Reefy s Constitution rooster came out and crowed after the receipt of the bogus dispatch that Allen was elected That crow was his last It will take more than a crowiDg cock to awake Allen from that long political sleep upon which he has now entered Poor old Bill has gone to resi Catholics did the deed Now he must go before the Pope And there for mercy plead Browiiheliii Oct io t he first hard freeze of the season was last Tuesday night when to ciake up for slighting us so long Jack Frost made himself felt as well as seen freezing water to over one half inch in depth blackening vines and robbing llowers of their beauty We have our private opinion that Mr Frost is aDemocrat and took that way of being revenged ou th result ot the election But Mrs Moon with pleasant face and beaming mile by the way her politicaltendencies are decidedly Kepublican although not allowed to vote looked down on a goodly number of friends and neighbors gathered at the residence of Mr Edwin Bacon and wife to celebrate the fiftieth nniversary of their marriage A good variety of presents mostly of glass was received I cannot enumerate all but will mention one or two An elegant silver castor attracted ourattention also a suspicious looking bottlelabelled shake well and use freely aud a lantern labeled to be used on dark and rainy nights also a package of Crystal Polish to brighten up the whole andnumerous other things I will just say that the evening passed pleasantly amidmusic social jest and feasting The ladies f this place have not been idle of late but assisted by the gentlemen have purchased a cook stove and furniture to be lelt as fixtures in the parsonage for the use of all future occupants Our present minister Rev Mr Blackesly and wife are expect ed to occupy It in a few days probably before this communication is received Rochester Oct 13 In our country during the present decennary if a city incurs a loss of property through the agency of the natural elements the almost universal se quence is a better appearance and a more substantial condition than was beforepresented And our little town though she has not the audacity to lay claim to the title city yet illustrates to a certaindegree the characteristic enterprise ofAmerican people in this particular Last spring Rochester was visited by a tornado which though of brief dura tion left destruction in its pathway Roofs were seperated and hurled hither and thither residences were moved from their foundations barns werj raised and miles of fences were prostrated the rails and boards scattered in every direction about the place Now the old roofs are replaced by new ones ouj residences are repaired and repainted new barns have been erected new fences constructed and everything indicates a moreprosperous state of affairs than existed before Mr A Jones so long known through out our community as a man of sterling integrity and business tact having be come the proprietor of the American House of Cleveland disposed of his mer cantile interests in this place several weeks ago to J B Garrison Son Both parties of the new firm are wellknown and trustworthy citizens and under their supervision the store will maintain the same enviable reputation that it hassustained in the past Mr John Davis soninlaw of Chaun cey Armstrong of Rochester hasrecently removed to this place fromWinchester Ind having been persuaded toreliguish business there by the betteradaptation of our climate to the delicate state of his wifes health He has opened a harness shop here and we bespeak for him the abundant patronage which his superior workmanship merits Last Saturday evening a political meet ing under the auspices of the Democratic party The audience room was well filled with attentive listeners of different po itical opinions to which Mr Wadsworth of Wellington explained the beauty of the principles of one paaty and theugliness of the fundamental tenets of the other Yesterday the election passed off quiet ly A full vote was polled with a Re publican majority of sixty Oct 16 Last Wednesday Rochester was well represented at the Greenwich Fair quite a large number of our people being in attendance Several of our towrsnien exhibitors at the fair xand a number of first premiums were taken away by them Mr James Horton took first premium on several horses Charles Daghan carried off several first premiums and the sweepstakes on poultry and E E Banning took the red cardon his patent wagon jack and fence lifter an instrument of great utilitS Other premiums were given to Rochesterians but we have not time to enumerate them On the counter of Garrison Son there might have been seen a few days since a mammoth potato grown by Mr Sidney Mitchell of this place It was of thevariety called the AVhite Peachblow and weighed two pounds and two andonehalf ounces We notice that our worthy postmaster has been making material improvements on the postoffice During the present year oar town mani fests an irristable tendency to affliction with mania Now the epididemicmental aberration presents one phase now another For the last few months until very recently the supreme attention of our people has been directed to the per fection of their skill in wielding thecroquet mallet both on the lawn and in the parlor tlnsatisfied with the appropria tion Of a large portion of the day to the fascinating game their ardor often led them to prolong the amusement with the aid of lighted lamps and torches far into the night Now a new form ofintellectual alienation has slezedupon our young people Station yourself at the west side of the park in the earlier part of any bright sunny afternoon and you will notice small parties of ladies andgentlemen passing out of town en route for the woods from which they do not return until Old Sol approaches his resting place in the western horizen The professed object which these excursionists to the forests have in view is the procuring ot hickorynuts and autumn leaves and this is probably the veritable one as far as the ladies are concerned But the fact that the gentlemen at their return bestow their share of the afternoons acquisitions upon the lady members of the companies create the impression probably a true one that these expeditions would possess few charms for them had they not the companionship of the fair sex IIuntingtOH Oct 10 After three impressive visits from Jack Frost a rain set in followed by a snow storm today giving us a slight foretaste of the days that are to come Farmers have been unusually busy this fall Here as as elsewhere potatoes yielded enormously For example from one stalk there were counted sixtyseven potatoes with regard to size we are not able to say not being an eye witness Election passed quietly From the number of votes polled we should judge that Democrats and Republicans were fully awake to the importance of the pending issue Republican majority 93 The schoolhouse in District No 3 has been undergoing thorough repair and the general appearance of house and grounds much improved by the neat new fence surrounding it Scarlet fever is again in our midst This time it lias entered the family of Mr Chas Bailey After a few days ofsuffering Freddy the youngest sevenyears of age died The only daughter Laura i3 now very low no hopes af her recovery is entertained The oldest son is also very ill with the same disease The hoises in this vicinity are having the epizootic which prevails to aconsiderable extent Fish white and other kinds seem to be abundant just now Scarcely a day passes without one or more wagon loads going through town and some are only too glad to dispose of them at any price Mr Edward West who was called to Kansas by the death of his brotherreturned home last Thursday Through him we have ascertained that the death of Mr Turner West was without doubt occasioned by a fall from the effects of which he seemed to be recovering when he was again prostrated and died in a few hours The injury is supposed to have been internal beyond the reach of human skill Mr West was one of the earliest settlers of this township He came to this place in 183S and continued to reside here until two years ago last spring when with his wife and youngest son he went to Burlingame Kan to stay for an indefinite timevith the eldest son whose home is in that place It was hisintention we are informed to come with his family to his old home this winter here to remain But man proposes Goddisposes and only the body of our friend will be brought back to be laid by the side of others gone before The M E S S will hold its session immediately after morning service during the winter The usual class meeting at that hour having to be dispensed with Services at 10 30 a in and at 7 p m On account of the scarlet fever the Center school will be closed until further notice Yesterday morning Laura only daugh ter of Chas and Josephine Bailey passed away aged eleven years Funeralservices will be attended at the home this Monday noon Huntington Died in Huntington Sept 10th 1875 after and Illness ot only a few days Mr Whitney Clark Again has death taken another of our old and valued citizens One by one the old settlers are leaving us and soon there will none remain Whitney Clark or more familiarly known as Square Clark was born in Holiston Mass but in his early youth he removed with his father to Becket Mass where he remained until 1833 when he came to Huntsngton Ohio and purchased a farm one mile north of the center where he lived and died Mr Clark was twice married his first wife was Miss Minerva Austin with whom he lived eighteen years She died in 1853 leaving no children In 1855 he was again united in marriage to Miss Susan Penaeld of Penfield Ohio with whom he lived 20 years and who with four children lives to mourn his loss Mr Clark united with the Baptist Church here ii 1838 and has ever been one of its most prominent members ever ready to give of his means for any good work He was an every day Christian both at home and abroad and his loss will be felt not only in his home made deso late by his death but in the church and the whole town His luneral was largely attended by his friends and neighbors who met to show the last tribute f re spect to one who was so loved andrespected News has been received here of the death of Mr Turner West who has been a resident of Huntington until within a few years He died in Burlingame Kan where he was living at present but he expected to return to Huntington some time this fall We have not learned the particulars of his death The Union Sabbath School concert was held Iast evening Oct 10th at theBaptist Church and was very interestingindeed Lorain Oct 18 Fall weather has set in with an earnestness that cannot but wain us of the approacning winter Lake Erie has been very turbulent for the last ten days and mishaps anddisasters are beeoming quite common There is some anxiety being felt for the safety of the schooner Three Brothers owned at this place and commanded by Capt Porter She left Chicago on the Sth and has not been heard from since although vessels that left at the same time made the run to Buffalo in five and six days Freights are still very low There hasnt been any move in coal for two weeks making our docks look quite deserted Election passed off very quietly but very earnestly resulting in the polling of the largest vote ever cast here Hon James Monroe in his speech the Monday evening before election convinced anumber of disaffected Democrats that inflation was a fallacy and ruinous to business and the general prosperity of our country He also dwelled at length upon oursystem of public schools and pressed his hearers to be watchful and guarded against any innovations of the system He did immense good here The prospective shoe store and tailor shop spoken of in my last are now real ities Our merchants have adopted the cash system of doing business and men that are paid monthly are experiencing con siderable inconvenience by reason of it I am informed that a gentleman Tom Clyde is about to erect an extensive flour ing mill here The Messrs Staighis have built an ad dition to their planning mill for thepurpose of putting tworun of stone and soon we will manufacture our own flour Columbia We had a grand lime at our Sunday School Institute A good attendance good feeling free inquiry Weunderstand Gods precious Word better byreason of that meeting The sermons by Dr Behrends and G O King weresplendid A perfect feast of fat things We anticipate holding them quarterly as an association The Republicans held a mass meeting here on Wednesday evening the Cth the Democrats said was a failure So it goes Today will tell There is just one thing that will save either party Do right be right vote right Sabbath was a sad day to us all The funeral services of Mrs AbbieHarmington wife of Mr Walla Harmingtoiv who died Thursday evening at nine oclock age 34 years and fnur months She left a husband andfour children to mourn her losss They deeply feel it and how touching and sad is the sight of amotherless home How hard and severe the blow to him and his May God sustain and bless him and may he feel the force of the 25d Psalm the first and fourthverses which she selected as her textSermon by Rev S Earley Rev Mr Jones the new pastor of the M E Church as sisting Mr Jones preached a very able and in structive discourse on What think ye of Christ on Sunday evening in theBaptist Church Our noble town has been swept and varnished and put in readiness forelectior but after getting it swept and fitted and looking at it we think its unfit for a pigsty let alone a town hall But we hope there is a better time coming Sheffield Oct 16 The election with its atten dant excitement is past and so far as this township is concerned we have no reason to be ashamed of what was done on that day The voters were out in full force on both sides but the Republicans came out ahead with a majority of thirty an increase of fifteen over last years vote We are of course glad that our ticket was elected should have liked to have seen a larger majority but even so much is better than defeat On Thursday Mr Geo J Webster was ordained to the work of the ministry by a council called for that purpose The ex amination was held in the morning and in the afternoon the other exercises as follows Reading Scriptures and Prayer bj Rev Geo Clark of Oberlin Sermon by Rev H B Fry of Claridon Ordaining Prayer by Prof H Mead RightHand of Fellowship by Rev Ja6 Brand Charge to Candidate Rev Mr Williams of Elyria Benediction by Pastor Married on the same day Oct 14th by Pres Jas H Fairchild of Oberlin at the residence ot tne Dnaes parents jur Hiram Disbrow of Atlantic Iowa to Miss Marietta Day of Sheffield Ohio May all the happiness that God thinks is best for them be theirs through life Henrietta A most terrible thing happened here one day last week A gun stationed at the center of our town on being fired at our local kicked breech and hurt the one that fired it more than it did the one at whom it was aimed Had the missile hit us with as much force as was intended it would undoubtedly have killed us but as it was we were only considable stuck up like4 The poor unfortunate gunner was alive at last accounts and should he survive we hope he will be able to say of himself as did the young man kicked by a horse who in relating the circum stance said he was knocked sensible To palliate the wrong most innocently done his cornfield we give him a remedy for corns lest he may have them on his toes from whatever cause Take equal parts of soft soap and sugar mix well and apply to the afflicted part This is a specific remedy and never fails Oh v d some power the giftie gieus To see oursels as ithers see us Official Prolate Court L B SMITH JUDGE Will of Peter Zimmer admitted toProbate 7 Vvp nf Rlvril imnnintorl Admr of estate of Theresa Hartman deceased late oi jNortn Amnerst Fredrica Beesing declared insane and flonltirprl o fit cnhiir frr Fraqhiiunr ill thfi Northern Ohio Hospital for the Insane William Kaven aged 12 yearscommitted to Reform Farm for petitlarcenyJose A Varona Y Tells native of Cuba Henry F Smith and Thomas Craliannatives of Ireland naturalized Will of Whitney Clark admitted toProbate Will of Horace Sanders late ofLaGrange admitted to Probate Alvira Rosa Holcomb aged 6 years adopted oy Charles and Emeline M McClellen John A Chapman appointed guardian of Ada and Whitney Clark Susan Clark appointed sole executrix of will and estate of Whitney Clark deceased The State of Ohio vs Antone Rachart Peter Budinger asked to be released from the bond ot said deft for his appearance at Common Pleas Court to answer to petit larceny Said surety released anddetendant ordered to enter into new bonds Will of Wm Coffin admitted to Probate NATURALIZED Geo S Davis native of Walts Victor Vogth native of Switzerland Ferdinand Schadt Geo Dachler Henry Rohrbach John B Pleas natives of Germany Wm Walton Francis Smith Caleb Buswpll John Lantsberry natives of England Richard Murphy Michael Cummins Patrick Luskv Thomas Enright natives of Ireland Joseph E Collester appointed Admr bonis non with will annpxed of estate of Lydia Snyder deceased Fl 1 75 Vlptli TnvLp annAintflrl 4 rtmr r estate of Augustus Burke deceased late of Black River Lonmis Whifnn v Wm Ppmhpr plfll sale of real estate confirmed by Court Henrv Wasrner adonted bv Philo and Jennie Tilden County Statistics The abstract of the duplicate ot taxes and valuations in Lorain county just placed in the hands of the Treasurer is as follows Valuation of lands not in villages 9126118 Valuation of lands in villages 2226018 Valuation of Personality 1081285 Total valuations 18434021 The taxation for the several purposes is as follows Sinking Fund 14747 57 General Revenue Fund 7373 67 Asvluin Fund 16 590 63 State School Fund 18434 03 Total State Taxes 57145 60 Countv Fund 18434 01 Poor Fund S21T 02 Bridye Fund 1S434 01 Building Fund 9217 00 Road Fund 6325 76 Township Fund 7592 8S Local School Fund 80812 71 Special Fund 5910 70 Corporation Fund 26017 21 Delinquent Taves from Dup of 74 1686 44 Total amount of duplicate 240793 34 The taxes levied in the incorporated villages of the county are as follows North Amherst 7521 11 JUyria 41695 22 La Grange 3483 93 Lorain 0529 34 Oberlin 31903 85 Wellington 13110 94 Total 104460 39 This is fortythree per cent of the whole taxjiaid in the county Real Estate Transfers George Earthing to Mary A Ear thing 48 acres in lot JNo 09 in Tp of Eaton 1500 Oliver and Lucy A Wessell to E F Mattesonlot No ISO in Matteson s Addition Rawsonville 75 150 500 1150 500 320 100 9100 700 2000 500 5772 3000 2000 2400 4C0 100 1700 2500 5500 1500 500 2500 2200 5162 C50 E F and Hattle P Matteson to Wm Pate lot No 180 in Mattesons Addition Rawsonville Clarissa Bibbins to Selah G Wright G acres in Tp lot No 7b inOberlin R H and Henrietta B Penfield to Hannah C Collins lots Nos 13 and 11 in block No 22 inPenfields addition Elyria John and Ursula Knapp to Luther W Houghton 7 71100 acres in lot No 30 in Sec No 2 in Tp ofPenfield William and Ellen Pate to David Morgan lot No ISO in Mattesons addition Rawsonville Justus and Sarah W Brown toBoard of Education of Brighton Tp acre in lot east of Town Hall in Tp of Brighton Henry E Bartlett to Ezekiel and William Jigerton iui oiuu acres in lot No 51 80 acres in lot No 49 in Tp of Grafton Wm Wright to Adelia M Bede 65 acres in lot No 35 in lp ol Laton Geo W and Ettie A Steadman to Alonzo S Peabotly 11 56100 acres in lot No 02 in Tp of Henrietta Geo Lanaghan to Alfred Phipps 1 60100 acres in lot jno u in tne Brace Tract in Tp of Elyria Horace and Susan N Sanders to Alonzo S Peabody 73 acres in lot No 5S in Tp of Russia Daniel P and Correlia J L Reamer to Sarah E Peabody 35 acres in lot No C7 in Tp of Russia David and Sarah E Peabody to Martha Peabody land in lot No 48 in Tp of Russia W D and Lucinda Miner to Giltnan Young 40 acres in Tp ofWellington Rebecca and J P Brown to Sarah J McDufiie part of lot No 433 in block No S8 Elyria Gideon W and Charlotte J Tyler to Ruth A Chambers part ot lots Nos 4 and 76 in Oberlin Lucy A and Amisa II Thorp to Emily A Thorp VUiuu acres in Sec No 3 in Tp of Carlisle Elizabeth A Plimpton to Gilber Hogan lots Nos 6 to 9 in block No 4 in Brownells addition in Lo rain Charles and Jane E Ruprecht to The Ohio Lubricating OilCompany undivided Interest in 84 acres in lot No 44 Alexander and Minerva C Forbes to Henry W Aldrich lots Nos 106 and 107 in Oberlin Thomas and Elmira Gawn to S E Jones lots Nos 41 and 42 in Thos Gawns allotment in Lorain Isaac Penfield to Herbert APenfield part of lot No 1 in Morgan Block in Oberlin Horace Sanders to Delos Sanders 44 acres in lot No 81 in Tp of Pittsfield Joseph W and Mary A Metcalf to Delos Sanders 80 acres in lot No SI in Tp of Pittsfield C H and E K Doolittle to Louise S Kemp lot No 3 in Austinsaddition in Elyria James and Maria Crowley to Thos Kilfoyle SS acres in Tp ofGrafton Ashley S and Harriet Root to S A bpicer et a y acre3 in iot Xo 5S in lp of Grafton 6160 2500 iuLiiei aim tuary Johnson to William A Crittenden lots Nos 102 and 103 in La Grange l 000 Frederick and Catherine Entrop to Ransom E Braman i acre in lots Nos 30 and 37 east of river in Tp of Elyria 1550 Lewis and Benjamina B Wells to Adadatus Miller 9 2S100 acres in lots Nos 11 and 22 in Tp of Brownhelm 1200 T 41 M r HURON COUNTY ew IiOudon Oct 16 Speech is silver silence is gold Nevertheless after long silence we feel again moved to speech This morning cold winter is sprinklingfeathery saowflakes from his rrosty hair upon the damp and shivering earth Indian Summer has breathed not yet upon us its genial breath Oct 9th Willie McClellan a young aged about twenty years old committed suicide by taking stryeknine Medical aid was quickly summoned but the poison did its terriole work and his friends mourn The Union Fair at Greenwich called out a large crowd of our citizens on Thursday last Everybody was there with their family and friends There was a good show in every department The Vegetable Man Original Granger and Olebillallen were epitaphs too freely bestowed upon a singularpersonage that occupied one corner of Vegetable Hall It was constructed of beets hams a pumpkin some squashes pepperspotatoes and buckeyes and held In one hand a staff of maize with an ear hanging and it was shaded by an immense sunflower head set on a staff It createdconsiderable merriment On Wednesday the 13th a barnbelonging to John Laring and situated west of town on Fitchville street was burned with a stack of hay that stood near Cause of the fire is unknown LICKING COUNTY Newark O Oct 5th 1875 The Licking County Agricultural Fair was held at the grounds at Newark beginning Tuesday Oct Sth and ending on the following Saturday This county makes a good exhibition of stock and farm products Some of the short horn cattle were on exhibition at Columbus Fruits and vegetables were veryabundant and some of immense sizeespecially the pumpkins The other attractions of the fair were numerous among which could bementioned the feats of a Chinese juggler who contorted his body made wry faces and sold fans Newark may well be proud of her fair grounds But nature and themoundbuilders have accomplished more than the art of the present generation Thegreater part of the grounds is within what is called The Old Fort a relic of the moundbuilders It 13 in the form of a large jewaharp the entrance being at the neck The embankment which is about ten or twelve feet high encloses an area of about fifty acres The most peculiar feature of it is the ditch is on the inside of the fort and is said by the old settlers to be paved with a kind of brick andriver stones It is also said that they had the means of filling this ditch with water and turing it off at pleasure thus forming a protection against their enemies But a warrior of the nineteenth century would prefer the ditch on the outside of the fort where he could have the use of both water and embankment We would naturally conclude that either they did not know much about building forts or we do not know for what purpose they built the embankments There are many very large treesgrowing upon this mound some measuring from two to four feet and a half indiameter On the stump of a tree cut down perhaps a quarter of a century ago I counted three hundred consecutive cir cles Th f jcs probably grew up after the iort was abandoned and if this isthecase the mounds were built long before Columbus ever thought of diseovering America Licking County is rich in these relics of the moundbuilders and they will wtll repay the labors of the archaeologist who investigates them A society formed for this purpose met in Mansfield the first week of September In obedience to a call of a large number of the medical fraternity of Arkansas there was a mass convention of nil vsiidans yesterday at Little Rock for the purpose 01 organizing auutuei oiate jyieuicaiAssociation The following officers were elected Dr Ellis Byrd of Phillipscounty President Dr Dale of Texarkana Secretary Gov Tilden in a letter declining an in vitation to attend the Georgia State Fair wrote There can be no doubt but that much of the suffering which the people of this country havp 11 ndfirtrone during the past few years might have been avoided by a more frequent and iranK liitercnauga of views between the residents of different portions of our land and by a moredefinite knowledge of the condition and npprls rr nn rtnii iar States and itis snrli meetings as that to which I am invited tnat we are in large measure 10 iook lor the restoration and preservation of that fraternal spirit which is so essential to our common prosperity 1